Curling: Canada remains unbeaten at mixed doubles worlds [Video]

Östersund, Sweden –

Canada’s Kadriana and Colton Lott remained undefeated at the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 6-4 win over South Korea on Monday.

The husband-and-wife tandem from Gimli, Man., fell behind 3-0 early as Jiyoon Kim and Byeongjin Jeong scored singles in each of the first three ends.

The second- and third-end steals came with Kadriana Lott narrowly missing on runback takeouts.

She responded with two key shots — a draw in the fourth end to score three and tie the game, then a difficult takeout to remove a South Korean shot stone in the fifth end that left Canada sitting two.

Kim was light on her last-shot draw and Canada stole a deuce for a lead it would not relinquish.

“Yeah, I think it definitely kick-started me, for sure,” Kadriana Lott said of her shot in the fifth end. “Missing those last shots and in the first couple ends …